The cold palace is located in the northwest corner of the imperial palace, remote and cold, completely different from the bamboo heart garden of the thousand jade language, it is a veritable cold palace.

Hua Mian thought that she would see the ruins and devastation, but she didn't expect it to be very clean and refreshing. Maybe it was because of Pei Gongcuo's face, Pei Yingshi was quite kind to her, in addition to being not as rich as other courtyards in the palace, she had everything she needed, and she also arranged a chamberlain and a palace maid to serve her. Although it is a little down, it is better than nothing.

When I met Zhuang, she was tinkering with her vegetable garden in the courtyard. Dressed in coarse cloth clothes, with only an ordinary hosta hairpin on her head, she faded away and was full of brilliance, looking like an ordinary peasant woman.

When she saw them come in, she was slightly stunned, then smiled. This smile actually made Hua Mian's heart tremble. She had never seen this kind of smile on her face, and she used to smile a lot, but that smile was very stylized, not only did people not get close, but would subconsciously want to stay away. However, today's smile made her feel that there was some fireworks in the world. Sure enough, the identity is different, the mood has changed, and the smile is more approachable.

Zhuang Yan stood up and wiped her hands on her body: "I thought that only Qianyuyu would patronize this courtyard, but I didn't expect to usher in a big drive today." As he spoke, he walked to the stone table and sat down, and poured two cups of tea.

Pei Gongcuo was stunned since he saw her, and he didn't take half a step forward. Hua Mian looked at him sideways, and saw that he was looking at her with a complicated expression, and there was a faint light and shadow in his eyes.

Zhuang Yan pushed the tea forward: "It's a little shabby here, let's just drink a cup of tea." ”

Hua Mian tugged at Pei Gongcuo's sleeve and pulled him to the stone table and sat down.

Pei Gongcuo took a sip of tea and said, "The queen mother's craftsmanship is still so good. ”

Because of his words, Zhuang Yan's eyes suddenly surged with wetness: "The emperor shouldn't have come to drink the tea I brewed, right?" ”

Pei Gongcuo sighed and said, "The queen mother is too worried, I just came to see you." ”

Zhuang Yan smiled sadly: "I have done too many wrong things in the past, and today's fate is also self-inflicted." Even if the emperor wants my head, I have no complaints. It's just that in the past 20 years, the mourning family has really regarded you as their own son. ”

"Why haven't I always been your biological mother?"

"I killed your biological mother, you must hate me, right?"

To her surprise, Pei Gongcuo shook his head and said, "If I hate and poison you, I should have made your crimes public after you gave you the death of Hongxing." ”

Zhuang Yan was surprised: "Could it be that you already knew everything at that time?" ”

"Yes. That night, I suddenly missed Pin'er very much, so I ran to Cining Palace abruptly, and after climbing over the wall and entering the courtyard, I accidentally bumped into the secret of the queen mother. ”

Zhuang Yan was surprised at first, and then laughed at herself: ". It turns out that I've been being fooled for so long. ”

"I didn't fool you, I only thought about one day weakening the power of the Zhuang clan, and then let you enjoy your old age in peace, and never thought of using your fault to uproot the Zhuang family. After all, you have the grace to nurture. ”

"Really? Isn't what King Duan did at your behest? ”

"I have not intervened in this matter from beginning to end. I was kidnapped by Pei Qijun at the time of the incident and only returned to the palace today. ”

Zhuang Yan shifted her gaze to Hua Mian with her gaze at Pei Gongcuo: "So, Duanwang is angry at the crown?" ”

"The queen mother misunderstood, King Duan's rescue of the Burmese concubine is just the duty of a courtier."

"Duty?" Zhuang Yan sneered, "I was the only one who poisoned the emperor, but he took the opportunity to put this great unforgiveness charge of the Nine Clans on Zuo Xiang, and also detained him for the crime of holding the Burmese concubine hostage and forcing the emperor to abdicate." ”

"At that time, the left minister led troops to intercept Duanwang, if he didn't say so, how could the right minister help him? If it weren't for that, I'm afraid that Myanmar would have been poisoned by you. What's more, you also said that killing the monarch is a big crime of the Nine Clans, even if it is just you who do it, Zuo Xiang will be implicated. At this point, there is nothing I can do. ”

Zhuang Yan smiled coldly: "Now that the dealer is about to die, I, the culprit, are still alive, which is really a great irony." ”

Pei Gongcuo's face showed an unbearable look: "Everyone is responsible for what they do. If you really want to atone for your sins, you should live well. ”

Zhuang Yan turned his eyes to look at Hua Mian: "Do you want me to live too?" ”

At this moment, Hua Mian's sympathy flooded again, thinking about what she saw in hypnosis that day, she was indeed a poor person, so she didn't answer and asked: "This hairpin on your head was given by the emperor?" ”

Zhuang Yan reached out to touch the hairpin on her head, the pain on her face suddenly receded like a tide, replaced by full tenderness, she nodded and said, "This is the only thing he gave me, and I have never been willing to wear it." Now that I have removed those gold hairpins and silver hairpins, I think it is still so simple and good. ”

"The Queen Mother must love the emperor very much, right?"

After hearing her words, the tenderness on Zhuang Yan's face was instantly replaced by full of sadness: "What's the use of me loving him again, he has never loved me." ”

It is a very sad thing for a woman to never be loved by a man in her life. Hua Mian felt that what she needed now was not comfort, but faith, so she said: "As the saying goes, a hundred years of cultivation can be spent on the same boat, and a thousand years of cultivation can be spent sleeping together." You have different dreams in the same bed with the former emperor, it must be that your cultivation is not enough. If you can chant the Buddha every day during your lifetime, you may be able to exchange it for his love and cherishment of you in the next life. ”

There was a slight glint in Zhuang Yan's eyes, and she muttered, "Can it still be like this?" ”

Hua Mian nodded affirmatively: "Sincerity is spirituality, you might as well try." ”

Zhuang Yan's face seemed to suddenly open and dissipate, and she suddenly shone brightly, and she said happily: "Yes, why didn't I think of it?" I started chanting the Buddha today, but I still have to ask the emperor to send someone to send the goods. ”

At this moment, Pei Gongcuo's heart suddenly relaxed a lot, and he smiled slightly: "It's a trivial matter, and the queen mother doesn't need to be polite." ”

After leaving the cold palace, Pei Gongcuo took Hua Mian's hand and walked slowly on the way back to Shuihua Palace. After a long time, he suddenly spoke: "Thank you!" ”

Hua Mian looked at him in surprise.

"No matter how many bad things she has done, she has always treated me as her own, so I really don't want her to die. Thank you for giving her the faith to live. ”

"I'm just empathizing with her side." When the words fell, she suddenly remembered Pin'er, so she said, "You also know about Pin'er?" ”

Pei Gongcuo's face suddenly became a little sad when he heard this, and he nodded lightly and said nothing.

Hua Mian suddenly realized that Pin'er had now become a lingering existence in his heart, and as long as he remembered it, he would feel a faint pain.

She squeezed his palm and smiled at him as he turned to look at her. He was stunned for a moment, only to feel that a light suddenly shone in his heart, dispelling the lingering haze in an instant.

In the Nanxiu Dynasty, in the autumn of the fourth year of Chenguang, Zhuang Shuhuan, the left minister, was shown to the public for the crime of killing the monarch and plotting rebellion, and the nine clans were connected. The queen mother assisted in the abuse and should have been punished with the same crime, and the emperor read the grace of his upbringing, and only stripped him of his title and entered the cold palace.

After that, Pei Gongcuo purged Zuo Xiang's henchmen, and took back the military power and handed it over to Pei Yingshi. Hua Mian was deeply surprised when she learned the news.

"Why did the emperor hand over half of the troops in the capital to a prince?"

When Hua Mian said this, Pei Gongcuo was peeling grapes, and he stuffed one into her mouth and said, "Is Mian'er worried that King Duan will rebel?" ”

Hua Mian was shocked when she heard this, and an accidentally grape was stuck in the middle of her throat, unable to spit it out or swallow, and her little face was red.

Pei Gongcuo wondered: "Isn't what I said wrong?" ”

Hua Mian was so suffocated that she almost lost her breath, and she bowed down and went to pick her throat.

Pei Gongcuo said in surprise: "Huh? Do women have such a big reaction when they get pregnant? As he spoke, he patted her back distressedly.

When Hua Mian finally pulled the huge grape out of his mouth, Pei Gongcuo almost didn't bare his eyes.

Hua Mian took a big breath for a long time before she could breathe again, and she said viciously: "Can you not feed me such a big grape in the future?" ”

Pei Gongcuo was puzzled and said, "Don't tell me that you eat grapes and swallow them whole." ”

Hua Mian said confidently: "Isn't it okay to swallow it once in a while?" ”

Pei Gongcuo couldn't help laughing: "I think it's feasible, but if you choke yourself to death, the gain outweighs the loss." ”

Hua Mian glanced at him and said, "I'm not choked by your words. ”

"Oh? What did I say? ”

"I just casually asked, why did the emperor hand over half of the troops in the capital to a prince, and the emperor said that the concubine was worried that King Duan would rebel."

"Oh-" Pei Gongcuo seemed to have an understanding, "So that's not what Myanmar meant?" ”

Hua Mian was stunned, wasn't she? I seem to have meant that. But it was not her original intention to sow discord, so she said quite tactfully: "Maybe King Duan didn't have this mind, but too much power will stimulate the expansion of a person's ambitions." Isn't the leftist minister planting party henchmen and excluding dissidents? It is better for the emperor to take precautions. ”

When the words fell, she looked at Pei Gongcuo, but saw that he was looking at herself with shining eyes, and the brilliance in his eyes swayed in the smile that gradually swelled, which made her heart tremble, what kind of expression did he have?

Pei Gongcuo suddenly hugged her and kissed her fiercely, then let go of her and said, "Myanmar is so sorry for her husband. ”

Hua Mian punched him and said, "I'm not joking with you, my proposal The emperor may wish to consider it." ”

Pei Gongcuo clenched her little fist and said in a serious tone, "I have thought it through very clearly. He saved your life, and I will not hesitate to give the country away, so why am I afraid that he will rebel? ”

This time, Hua Mian was completely stunned, does this mean that between Jiangshan and her, he chose himself?

At this time, he listened to him: "I have lived for twenty years, and I have been spent in suspicion and defense, and among all the brothers, only King Duan and I are still friendly, and I do not believe that he will betray me." ”

Hua Mian opened her mouth and wanted to say that you don't believe it, but you don't want it, right? However, there was silence in the end. She changed the topic and said: "Now that Zhuang Ziyan has no backer, what she owed to her concubines before, did the emperor think about helping her concubines get it back?" ”

"As the saying goes, don't beat the water dog, does Mi'er like to fall into the well?"

Hua Mian said quietly: "To tell the truth, she caused Mian'er to lose a child, and Mian'er has been haunting her, just waiting for the day when the big tree of the dealer will fall and then clean her up." But now that the dealer has really fallen, I have sympathized with her. ”

Pei Gongcuo praised: "Myanmar's ability to ignore past suspicions is really impressive. ”

Hua Mian shook her head: "I think, maybe it's because our lost child has come back, and maternal love has eliminated hatred." ”

Pei Gongcuo's heart suddenly warmed, and he stretched out his long arm and gently hugged her into his arms.